[St Charles Owl]

has Old men in silly trousers been one either ? or little rich boys driving cars around a circuit 40 times ? and should we never speak of baseball ( sorry rounders ) on this site ever again !!

Same old argument anytime someone questions whether what is essentially a pub pastime is labelled a sport.  Not denying it requires a level of skill developed through practice but for me a sport is where you need not only the skill to play it but require a level of fitness to simply be able to perform effectively.  Formula 1 might be rich little boys but they become that often due to the rewards of the contracts, Hamilton didn't grow up wealthy but neither was he poor, but the level of personal fitness to be an F1 driver along with the skill required make it a sport for me.

There are exceptions of course, dart and snooker being two predominantly British ones, but I still cannot seriously take darts as a sport!!